In game theory, Tucker is best remembered as the originator of the so-called “Prisoner’s Dilemma”. He devised this description for a non-zero-sum, non-cooperative, two-person game in order to more clearly detail game theory to a class of psychology majors at Stanford University. In the scenario two individuals are charged for the same violation of the law and are separately held by the authorities. Each is told that if one confesses and the other does not, the former will be rewarded one unit (e.g. jail time removed from a sentence) and the other will be punished two units (e.g. additional jail time added to a sentence). On the other hand, if they both confess, both prisoners shall be handed the same level of punishment. The real complication
